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My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
It is a proof of nobility of mind to despise injuries.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
In sports and journeys men are knowne.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
More mild, but yet more harmful; kind in hatred.
